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09-30-2016 01:21 AM

klibs

quarantine everything!!! nothing is more frustrating than fish deaths...

09-30-2016 01:18 AM

Jaguar

Ram died today. Didn't get to it quick enough and an ember tetra died shortly after. Starting to remember why I wanted out of the hobby, I just can't keep anything alive but algae and I can't afford to keep redoing the tank every time

Ooooooh, such a pretty longfin Bolivian! I approve of your partner's tastes.

09-15-2016 10:08 PM

Jaguar

FTS 9/15

Haven't done much maintenance, couple water changes and a single trim & replant of the hygro. Added some Osmocote + caps in the back with the crypts. Still not dosing ferts but I will soon.

The s. repens and wisteria completely melted to nothing... they are just starting to recover now. The hygro is very leggy on the bottoms, I've bumped my lights up a little bit and hopefully it helps.

2 ember tetras must have jumped as I only have 12 left. The ram is doing great, as is the straggler harlequin rasbora which I was certain was going to die from the stress of the transition. All in all, the tank is doing well. Just some diatoms to clear up!

08-02-2016 06:29 PM

Jaguar

Lost one ember, but the other 14 are doing great. Ram is ok too. Need to get him some better food.

Tank and CO2 situation are on hold though, I have a bad cold that's kicking my ass. Will update eventually.

Hate to say this, but in my area that is a hard fact! We are fortunate enough to have 2 LFS's that I would consider exceptional. One caters a little more to the salt world and the other is only freshwater. Honestly, I only use PetSmart/PetCo for pre-packaged items that just happen to be on sale (like the $1/gallon sale)
@Jaguar, your tank is looking pretty good. As you said, the nite time lighting in the corner is pretty cool.

It's always been a cost thing, unfortunately. The LFS is very well cared for, but the extra $1-3 per fish adds up fast. That and Petsmart does 14 day guarantees...

But everyone looks good, fingers crossed they'll continue to do this well... and WON'T try to go carpet surfing

Fish are all doing great. I'm so used to half my stock dying in the first week that I'm counting them constantly in paranoia. I used to always buy fish from Petsmart because they were cheaper than the LFS, but never again!

Hate to say this, but in my area that is a hard fact! We are fortunate enough to have 2 LFS's that I would consider exceptional. One caters a little more to the salt world and the other is only freshwater. Honestly, I only use PetSmart/PetCo for pre-packaged items that just happen to be on sale (like the $1/gallon sale)
@Jaguar, your tank is looking pretty good. As you said, the nite time lighting in the corner is pretty cool.

07-20-2016 08:42 PM

Jaguar

Fish are all doing great. I'm so used to half my stock dying in the first week that I'm counting them constantly in paranoia. I used to always buy fish from Petsmart because they were cheaper than the LFS, but never again!

07-17-2016 01:04 AM

Jaguar

I love the way the lights reflect off the corner.

07-16-2016 07:27 PM

Jaguar

07-16-2016 04:50 PM

Jaguar

15 ember tetras and a bolivian ram

I will snap some pics later

07-15-2016 10:52 PM

Jaguar

The Great Crypt Melt of 2016 has occurred!

Even with a tank full of decaying leaves, my params are excellent. I was worried I'd lose my cycled media, I accidentally left my pump disconnected for a few hours. Trimmed back the crypts, did a good water change, and all is well. Gonna stock tonight, leaving the fish choices up to my partner. I think he'll pick the ember tetras. I told him to pick out something else too... the LFS guy knows what I like and will suggest something good I'm sure

07-15-2016 03:07 PM

Jaguar

Once upon a time, that was an immaculately cut, bent, and brushed aluminum reflector. Unfortunately I didn't store it properly and it got trampled on and oxidized something awful. I got most of the oxidized fingerprints off it but it still looks terrible. I'll spray paint it this weekend, maybe silver or a flat grey like the stand.

I broke the power cord to the light controller when I was redoing the airline cable... oops. Fortunately it was an easy fix

Sorry about the tough journey! The tank is looking really good right now though. I have a 60P as well, but itook it down because I wasn't happy with it and couldn't get a co2 system. This really inspires me to bring it back! Thanks for sharing.

Thanks! Tearing it down and redoing has been a long time coming, but I'm confident it will go better this time. I had gone into it planning on doing high tech, but it all just flopped without CO2. I'll still try to get my regulator fixed, but in the meantime I'm going to enjoy low tech for now... means less maintenance

Gonna pick up some fish this wekeend, debating between 20 ember tetras OR 10 ember tetras and 10 espe's rasbora with 4-6 oto cats... my betta will go back in my 5g Spec. anyone have an opinion on that?

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